“Ellipses…” Appears in Analog

I’m excited to report that Analog has published my novelette “Ellipses…” in their May issue. Yes, I know it’s only February. Such is the strangeness of their publishing cycle. It’s a fun story for me to see make print. Hope you chase down a copy. If you do, feel free to let me know what […]

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A Recommendation, and A Two-A-Day

Here’s a story to make you think. # Lisa joined a health challenge at work, and had a 4:00 meeting at the health club.  This meant that I went with her and did a second workout.  I’m … ah … feeling it.  In a good way.  Yeah.  Right.  A good way.  Uh-huh. I’m sure it […]

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Britney Spears does SF?

Since it’s in the title, I should probably lead with it … so here it is: Britney Spears does SF? # Since I’m in the media frame of mind, I’m currently reading a pair of books–Stephen King’s Full Dark, No Stars, and a “Best of” collection of Edmund Hamilton’s work. King’s work is great, of […]

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Dang

So, here I am: story line is flowing, but time for real work arrives. Dang. Of course, I’m stuffed with ideas right now. I was taking a walk at lunchtime yesterday and worked out an entire storyline as I went. This in addition to work I was doing on the SF novel I picked up […]

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Hacker’s Diet Follow-up

So I’m in the office today and my co-worker Jalene does her cruise-director best and points me to a tray of small brownies on the counter by the printer. I grab one, and I say “Okay, now I’ve got to make sure I go to the gym.” She and Tonya laughed. But I meant it. […]

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Recommendation: Ken Liu’s “Simulacrum”

I just finished reading Ken Liu’s Simulacrum at Lightspeed. Definitely an interesting piece of work. I really enjoyed the exploration of technology in it, and it’s ramifications. But I admit I also was struck by the father/daughter thing, despite the … uh … problem … the father has. Definitely worth a read. Share Me

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The Hacker’s Diet

Lisa and I have been actively working on our health the past year (or a little more). We’ve improved our basic diet, and we’re getting considerably more exercise than we were. Of course, this last bit goes without saying because prior to this decision our exercise consisted of getting up and going to the refrigerator […]

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